June 2023 CAMDEN, South Carolina – Bigger isn’t always better, and in logging, bigger can sometimes be worse. In some cases the small operation running good used machines can make more profit than the large operation with a lot of brand new iron. But the...
May 2023 LIVINGSTON, Texas – Steven Coatney didn’t grow up with a family background in forestry. He attended Blinn College before transferring to Sam Houston State University to study agriculture business. While he was a student, Coatney worked part-time in the...
April 2023 MALVERN, Arkansas – Cody Baker, 27, calls his company Baker Land and Cattle, but these days his business is in the woods, not the pastures. The name may be misleading, but it’s also appropriate. Baker and his dad, Kevin, 52, don’t actually run cattle...
March 2023 FREEBURG, Missouri – Don’t let the name fool you: Skidmore Lumber Co. centers on a mill now, but the family-owned business has its roots in the woods, and today fields a top-notch logging crew, one that’s ahead of the curve in its area. Owners Doug...
February 2023 BURKEVILLE, Texas – For Mike and Andrea Smith, both 46, their fate was decided when Mike was just five years old. See, Mr. Smith was a pulpwood mechanic and young Mike would often follow him around to the logging woods to work. There, Mike was...
January 2023 LOWRYS, South Carolina – Griff Wilson, 28, began his logging career in the summer of 2012 with a chain saw and old-school chain near the farm in Lowrys, in Chester County, South Carolina, where he grew up. He had just graduated from high school and...
